Name

ol

Synopsis

<ol>...</ol>

Defines an ordered (numbered) list, which consists of list items (li). The browser or other user agent inserts item numbers automatically. The start and type attributes are deprecated in favor of CSS controls.

Attributes

Core(id, class, style, title), Internationalization, Events

compact

Deprecated. Displays the list as small as possible (not many browsers do anything with this attribute).

start=" number "

Deprecated. Starts the numbering of the list at number instead of at 1.

type="1|A|a|I|i"

Deprecated. Defines the numbering system for the list shown next.

Type value

Generated style

Sample sequence

1

Arabic numerals (default)

1, 2, 3, 4

A

Uppercase letters

A, B, C, D

a

Lowercase letters

a, b, c, d

I

Uppercase Roman numerals

I, II, III, IV

i

Lowercase Roman numerals

i, ii, iii, iv

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